11:29 pm MDT
By Paul Homewood http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ NASA have a webpage,
which lists the so-called facts about climate change. One section covers
“warming oceans”: Now, if these figures are correct, and it’s a big if,
what does this imply for AGW theory? According to NASA, “The oceans store
more heat in the uppermost […]
U.S. And North Korean Officials Pursuing Peace Talks?
A North Korean delegation led by its deputy foreign minister held talks
with former government officials of the United States in Malaysia for a
second day on Saturday to discuss pending issues such as the North's
nuclear and missile tests. / Yonhap
*Korea Times*:* N. Korean diplomats meet with ex-US officials in Malaysia*
A North Korean delegation led by its deputy foreign minister held talks
with former government officials of the United States in Malaysia for a
second day on Saturday to discuss pending issues such as the North's
nuclear and missile tests.
The U.S.-North Korea co... more »
Picture Of The Day
*(Click on Image to Enlarge)*
Soldiers of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) celebrate while
standing in trenches in Lelo, outside Malakal, northern South Sudan, on
October 16, 2016. Heavy fighting broke out on Ocotober 14 between SPLA
(Government) and opposition forces in Wajwok and Lalo villages, outside
Malakal. SPLA commanders claim they succeeded to keep their positions and
assure their forces just responded "on self defence". © AFP 2016/ ALBERT
GONZALEZ FARRAN
Trump Filing Lawsuit Against Clinton Over Organized DNC Violence
Donald Trump is filing a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the operatives
caught on video admitting they were paid by the Democratic National
Committee to incite violence at his rallies. Undercover videos released by
Project Veritas exposed key Hillary Clinton campaign operatives Robert
Creamer and John Foval admitting they were paid to start violence at Trump
rallies in order to frame Trump supporters as violent. The videos also
caught the Democratic Party dirty tricks operatives explaining how the dark
money trail that funds their illegal actions runs all the way back to the
D... more »
Clinton Campaign Plot False Flag Shooting At Their Own Rally
The mainstream media have been caught colluding with the Clinton campaign
to stage a false flag shooting at an upcoming Democratic rally which they
planned to blame on the Trump campaign. According to Dave Hodges, both the
New York Times and Washington Post have been interviewing a large number of
pro-Trump supporters and warning their readers about a possible armed
revolt if Hillary is elected President. Naturalnews.com reports: I was
interviewed last week by a Washington Post reporter, whom I told flat out
that “your newspaper has zero credibility” and that whatever I gave them ... more »
October Surprise: Video Of Racist Hillary To Be Released This Week
The long awaited ‘October Surprise’ is set to be revealed this week in the
form of a video showing Hillary Clinton engaging in extremely racist
behavior towards black people. James O’Keefe says his video will be akin to
a “nuclear bomb” being dropped on the Clinton campaign. Inquisitr.com
reports: As Gateway Pundit noted, the next video will reportedly focus
directly on Hillary Clinton. “James O’Keefe posted a warning to Hillary and
the Democrats on Friday. Project Veritas will release part III of their
investigation on the illegal actions by the Democrat Party and Hillary
Clinton... more »
Somalia's al-Shabaab Militants Recapture Key Town In Central Somalia
*Reuters*: *Somalia's Shabaab seize third town this month after
peacekeepers withdraw*
Islamist militant group al Shabaab on Sunday seized control of yet another
town in central Somalia after it was abandoned by African Union
peacekeepers, a militant spokesman and a local official said, the third to
fall to insurgents this month.
On Sunday, an Ethiopian contingent abandoned the town of Halgan in the
Hiran region, allowing the group's fighters to enter soon after, said
Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman on military operations.
A military offensive launched in 2014 by AU fo... more »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Candidates for WHO Director-General
When I walk down the street, I don’t see signs saying “Tedros for WHO” or
“Vote Szócska.” The television and radio airwaves don’t have endless
campaign commercials ending with the tagline, “I’m Flavia Bustreo, and I
approve this message.” Sania Nishtar does not hold large public rallies in
sports stadiums to bolster her candidacy. Neither […]
Terry Tate-- The Office Linebacker Knows How To Make America Great Again!
*-by Noah*
Not that I advocate physical violence as of punishment for bad behavior,
even when that bad behavior is physical violence itself. Personally, my
mind turns to much more devious punishments (admittedly only after thinking
of things involving 5 finger death hits and crowbars). But what does one do
when one encounters someone who, if he was raised by parents at all, was
probably raised by the four-legged kind. Clearly, some people never met up
with any sort of discipline, instruction in morals, or learned about the
concepts of human decency.
Aw, hell. Screw my inner liber... more »
Saudi Arabia Resumes Its Bombing Campaign In Yemen As Ceasefire Ends
*DW:* *Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen after ceasefire ends*
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has resumed airstrikes in Sanaa, hours after
a three-day truce expired in Yemen. The ceasefire was declared in order to
supply crucial humanitarian aid to civilians.
Yemen's government continued to blame Shiite Houthi rebels for not
upholding the 72-hour truce, forcing the Saudi-led coalition to strike
targets in the capital, Sanaa. "The [Houthi] coup militias deliberately
thwarted the truce, and that further convinced our military and political
leadership of their unwillingness to accept p... more »
Poll: More Americans Want Hillary In Prison Than White House
A recent poll shows that the majority of Americans wold prefer to see
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in prison than elected into the White
House. Out of 1,000 citizens polled by Rasmussen Reports in October, 65
percent believe that Clinton broke the law with her use of a private email
server, and disagree with the FBI’s decisions not to file criminal charges.
Subverse.net reports: Meanwhile, according to Sunday’s daily IBD/TIPP
tracking poll, only 43% of voters support Clinton for president. When
looking at Republican versus Democratic voters opinion, the divide was even
more... more »
Scientists Create Quantum Camera For Capturing Ghosts
Scientists have unveiled a new type of quantum camera that they say is
capable of capturing ghosts on film. Due to a process Einstein dubbed
“spooky” – scientists are now able to snap ghosts on film thanks to the
development of these new cameras. Collective-evolution.com reports: A
normal digital camera is capable of capturing objects that aren’t
immediately visible to its lens. But the ghost imaging technique, which
shoots an image of an object from light without light ever bouncing off the
object, is the result of quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement refers
to the quantum ... more »
White House Stops Plans To Send Heavier Weapons To CIA-Backed Rebels In Syria
President Barack Obama is photographed through the window as he speaks in
the Oval Office during a conference call at the White House in Washington,
June 2, 2014.
*Washington Post:* *Plans to send heavier weapons to CIA-backed rebels in
Syria stall amid White House skepticism*
As rebel-held sections of Aleppo crumbled under Russian bombing this month,
the Obama administration was secretly weighing plans to rush more firepower
to CIA-backed units in Syria.
The proposal, which involved weapons that might help those forces defend
themselves against Russian aircraft and artillery, ma... more »
Aleppo Ceasefire Ends. Heavy Fighting Returns
*Wall Street Journal*: *Fighting Returns to Aleppo After Cease-Fire Ends*
*Besieged Syrian city sees fresh clashes after three-day ‘humanitarian
pause’*
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Fighting returned to the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo on
Sunday following the end of a three-day humanitarian cease-fire that
expired with no planned aid deliveries or medical evacuations.
Russia implemented the cease-fire along with Syrian armed forces loyal to
President Bashar al-Assad to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the
city.
Moscow billed the move as an opening for residents and rebels to leave
... more »
Drone Video Shows Iraqi Army Preparing For Mosul Offensive (Video)
*RT:** Drone films Iraqi army piling up forces near Mosul before attack on
ISIS (VIDEO)*
Spectacular drone footage released by RT's RUPTLY video agency shows the
Iraqi army amassing its forces at the gates of Mosul, preparing to retake
the city on Monday as the large-scale government offensive enters its
second week.
Scores of Iraqi army armored vehicles have been stationed at a camp on the
southeast edge of Iraq’s second-largest city, which has been for two years
an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) stronghold. The footage captures
vehicles surrounded by the Iraqi army serv... more »
So Much For Iraqi Government Promises That They Will Help The Refugees From Mosul
A tent camp was being prepared in Khazer, Iraq, to absorb the expected flow
of refugees fleeing Mosul. Credit Azad Lashkari/Reuters
*The Telegraph*: *Iraqi troops 'snatch Mosul refugees’ tents and water'*
The Iraqi army has been accused of taking tents from refugees for their own
troops, despite pledging to help the hundreds of thousands expected to be
made homeless by their operation to liberate Mosul from Isil.
When the Telegraph visited a camp in the town of Tinah, near Qayyarah in
northern Iraq, this week they were told by local Iraqi police guarding the
site that soldiers had ... more »
The EU Expects A Flood Of Islamic State Fighters Fleeing To Europe Once Mosul Falls
*Washington Post*: *E.U. authorities brace for wave of Islamic State
fighters after Mosul assault*
BRUSSELS — A long-awaited offensive this week to dislodge the Islamic State
from its stronghold city of Mosul is fueling fears of renewed terrorist
attacks, as European counterterrorism officials say more fighters are
returning home after waging jihad in Syria and Iraq.
The security concerns are a major focus of European intelligence agencies
as the Iraqi army and its partners press the assault on Mosul, which the
Islamic State has used as a capital for planning and operations for mo... more »
Musical Interlude: Liquid Mind, "Liquid Mind IV: Unity"
Liquid Mind, "Liquid Mind IV: Unity"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYu7k-O4iw
"A Deep Look to the Heavens"
"In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an
image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what
this image represents, is forever changed by it."- YouTube/NASA
"It helps to put things in perspective here on our frenetic little planet
with a look at this extraordinarily powerful and moving video of the Hubble
Space Telescope mapping of the Universe, whose known size is 78 billion
light years across. The video of the images is the equivalent of using a
"time machine" to look into the past to witness the early formation of
galaxies, perhaps... more »
"Infinite Distances..."
“Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human
beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can
grow,
if they succeed in loving the distance between them which
makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"
*"Sunset"*
"Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you,
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,
leaving you, not really belonging to either,
not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent,
not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing
that turns to a star each night and climbs –
leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads)
your own life, timid and standing high and growing,
so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out,
one moment your life is a s... more »
“What If?”
*“What If?”*
- Paul Craig Roberts
“What If?” histories are a good read. They are entertaining, and they
provoke thought and encourage the imagination. How different the world
would be if different judgments, decisions, and circumstances had prevailed
at history’s turning points. Certainly English history would have been
different if King Harold’s soldiers had obeyed his order not to pursue the
defeated fleeing Normans down the hill. This broke the impenetrable Saxon
shield wall and exposed King Harold to Norman cavalry.
Would there ever have been a Soviet Union if the Czar had sta... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Thanks for stopping by!
"The Gates of Hope"
*"The Gates of Hope"*
by Victoria Safford
"In his book "On the Rez," Ian Frazier tells a story about South Dakota's
Pine Ridge Reservation. In the fall of 1988 the Pine Ridge girls'
basketball team played an away game in Lead, South Dakota. It was one of
those times when the host gym was dense with anti-Indian hostility. Lead
fans waved food stamps, yelling fake Indian war cries and epithets like
"squaw" and "gut-eater." Usually, the Pine Ridge girls made their entrances
according to height, led by the tallest seniors. When they hesitated to
face the hostile crowd, a 14-year-old fr... more »
"Passive Acceptance..."
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to
perpetrate it.
He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating
with it."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
U.S. Accelerates Its Killings Of Islamic State Leaders
Qayyarah Howitzer
A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin howitzer conducts a fire mission at Qayyarah
West Airfield, Iraq, in support of the Iraqi forces’ push toward Mosul,
Oct. 17, 2016. The support provided by the Paladin teams denies safe havens
to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while providing Iraqi forces
with vital artillery capabilities during their advance. Army photo by Spc.
Christopher Brecht
*Defense One*: *US Special Operators Accelerate Killings of ISIS Leaders*
*Defense Secretary Ash Carter says this will weaken Mosul’s defenders and
stop attacks in the United States.*... more »
The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates October 23, 2016
*BBC*: *Mosul offensive: Turkish and Kurdish forces launch attacks on IS*
Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called
Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to retake the town of Bashiqa, near
Mosul.
Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS
territory and secured part of a highway that will limit IS's freedom of
movement.
Turkey joined the fight against IS on Sunday, directing artillery fire at
jihadist positions in Bashiqa.
The Iraqi PM had rejected an offer of Turkish involvement on Saturday.
*Read more* ....
*The Battle For M... more »
Iraq Bans Alcohol
Alcohol is readily available in the small shops and bars of Baghdad. BBC
*The Independent*: *Iraq parliament bans alcohol in surprise vote*
Opponents say law violates constitution guaranteeing traditions of
religious minorities such as Christians
Iraq's parliament has voted to ban the sale, import and production of
alcohol in a surprise move. Proponents of the ban argue the ban is
justified by the constitution, which prohibits any law contradicting Islam.
Opponents say it violates the same constitution which guarantees the
traditions of religious minorities such as Christians and ... more »
Non-Fiction Review: The Proud Tower
Though it's an older book, Barbara Tuchman's *The Proud Tower: A Portrait
of the World Before the War, 1890-1914* makes for a very readable
presentation on what the world of 1890-1914 was like. It is worth noting
her focus was on the western world, centered around the United Kingdom,
France, Russia, Germany, and the United States, as well their interactions
with other countries.
Tuchman noted that she deliberately does not discuss World War 1. It's an
interesting choice, given how well we know it is looming over this book. As
she explained it, given the people she portrays were n... more »
Could the Billion-Dollar Loser actually be a lower life form than (shudder) Roy Cohn? Tony Kushner thinks maybe so
*On NPR's This Week in Politics yesterday, we heard playwright Tony Kushner
talking from London with NPR's David Furst about the link between Roy Cohn
and Donald Trump.*
*by Ken*
Probably I haven't been paying close enough attention -- and goodness
knows, I've tried my hardest to pay as little attention as possible to this
whole election thing -- but in all my years of forced Trump-watching, I've
managed to miss the link between the Billion-Dollar Loser and his (and his
dear old dad's) onetime lawyer, Roy Cohn. But as soon as you think of that
rabid legal attack dog imparting his... more »
Water Protectors Establish Road Blockade and Frontline Camp NODAPL
Rob Wilson Photography Citing 1851 Treaty, Water Protectors Establish Road
Blockade and Expand Frontline #NODAPL Camp By Camp of the Sacred Stones
CANNON BALL, North Dakota -- This morning, at approximately 8am central,
water protectors took back unceded territory affirmed in the 1851 Treaty of
Ft. Laramie as sovereign land under the control of the Oceti Sakowin,
erecting a frontline
"Westworld"
*"Westworld: *
*A-list $100 million story of ‘human livestock’ used for ‘violent delights’*
* becoming aware of their slavery to hidden .01% ‘programmers’.*
by Carl Herman
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss, consume.”
~ "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2, Scene 6
HBO’s "Westworld’s" trailer captures the storyline:
The analogy of the creatures of Westworld existing as animals for the work
and pleasure of “hidden masters” is relatively easy to present, document,
and prove to anyone with intellectual integrity and moral cour... more »
The World is Waking Up and it’s Magic to Watch
*Phillip J. Watt* - The awakening community is doing some amazing work.
The post The World is Waking Up and it’s Magic to Watch appeared first on Waking
Times.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse: The dark spirit and disease of the mind
Arvol Looking Horse:October 22, 2016Protecting the Sacred Mitakuyape (are
now up against dangerous decisions that are coming from the disease of the
mind. We are dealing with minds that hold no values of respect and honor
toward another Nation’s Burials and Sacred Sites. Money has contaminated
their minds to want the power to desecrate the sacredness of Mother Earth
and allow my People’s
Why the Archives of Party posts?
Recently I have been posting examples of items written for various
political organisations. The reason for this is that I have been active
for a considerable time, and I have seen the decline of the quality and
direction of political parties in the UK over that time.
I first ventured out into the political realm as a young lad when I
wandered into a CND meeting by pure chance. I consider it irresponsible of
the particular CND organisers to have allowed children into showings of
films depicting death and destruction. The lack of respect for the right
of children to be childre... more »
False Flag Friday Cyber Attack Drill - More Evidence of US Civil War?
*DAHBOO77 Reports on Recent Cyber Attack*
Last Friday the perps went back to their former practice of having* False
Flag Drills* on Friday to capitalize on the weekend main$tream media newz
cycle. This time it was a "cyber attack". This was the format of the most
recent False Flag Drill:
Much of the Internet was brought to a screeching halt Friday as a
cyberattack on a company many had previously never heard of brought down
many of the most popular online services, including Twitter and Spotify.
As of Friday afternoon, much of the drama was still playing out, though
more details... more »
You Want Us To Deal Seriously With Climate Change? The Key Is Congressional Change
This week Blue America has been working with our friends at Climate Hawks
Vote to win House seats for candidates committed to ameliorating climate
change, primarily House seats that are in winnable districts that the DCCC
is ignoring. With Trump's dysfunctional campaign and crude bigotry dragging
down the whole ticket, it looks-- for the first time this cycle-- that the
Democrats actually *have* a chance of recapturing the majority and retiring
Paul Ryan from the Speakership. Imagine a House where Ryan's willingly
ignorant committee chairmen no longer set the agenda!
The DCCC does... more »
"The World You Desired..."
"In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those
who are at its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not
let your vision of people be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the
mindless in those who have never achieved integrity. Do not lose your
knowledge that our proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent
mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,
the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your
soul p... more »
"The Truth Is Out There: Astronomers Capture 234 Signals From Space"
*"The Truth Is Out There: *
*Astronomers Capture 234 Signals From Space"*
by RT
"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are
not.
Both are equally terrifying.”
- Arthur C. Clarke
"Astronomers have recorded mysterious signals from 234 stars that they
believe could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence- a
notion that’s sure to excite alien truthers and beyond. Astronomers Ermanno
Borra and Eric Trottier from Laval University in Canada analyzed 2.5
million stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) project.
In their resulting study publ... more »
Scientists Discover What Existed Before Existence
Scientists claim to have discovered what existed before the Big Bang that
set forth the universe. Mathematicians from Egypt and Canada have used the
latest scientific theories in physics, cosmology and quantum mechanics to
come up with the extraordinary theory that something existed before our
universe was born. Using mind-boggling sets of equations derived from
different scientific theories they have come up with a theory that explains
time before time, or rather neglects to explain time at the present time
but says that there was a time, or a phase, before time! Important
questi... more »
Did Putin give green light to Turkish attack on US-backed Syrian Kurds?
*Certainly this thought crossed my mind when I read the news about the
strikes on the US backed and trained YPG/PKK in northwestern Syria.**
Turkey attacks Syrian Kurdish forces, 'kills 160'*
Warplanes belonging to the Turkish Air Force conducted airstrikes on 18
Kurdish positions and killed “160 – 200” fighters on Wednesday night in
northwestern Syria, Turkish media claimed.
Citing information from the Turkish General Staff, the state-run *Anadolu
Agency* (AA) said Turkish bombers attacked the Kurdish village of Maarat Um
Hawsh under control of the People’s Protection Units (YP... more »
No Turkish Troops To Mosul: Refugee Safe Haven
* Link*
Turkey is not taking part in ground operation for the liberation of Mosul
in Iraq, *although Ankara has been in talks with the Kurdish Regional
Government (KRG) to declare a safe haven in the north of the country*,
Turkey’s prime minister said.
*“There are air and ground units in the coalition forces. Turkey will take
part in the air units,” *Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said.
*Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu also ruled out the participation of
Turkish troops in the operation to retake Iraq’s second city*
*Speaking to journalists at a Justice and Development Party (AK... more »
Living Near Death
I Do it every day without
consequense
and I know
you humans
all of you feel
exactly the same
so not why go
against the
staus Quo
because
they have built
a human fortress
and I can not imagine
the creation of of human
being that can bring
all those bricks down
Overthink this
Overthink planet zero
yeah thats the mob
way we want to enjoy
everything today and as for
tomorrow we could be
in jail
we could be in jail
yet have a plan to
succeed
this is the Minuteman;
failure of incarceration
Overthink on everything
I will say this is a male
gentic trate
and the females
allways protected
do no ackowlege
as femmists
how we kept them
safe
desipet
the conssesions
to our manly ways'
I have met women
who could beat my
ass hands down
and I do not know
if they would accet
a partner not has
hard as them
but I gotta hope
the internet
has not messed
up what was the
greatest missunderstanding
ever
the relationship betwe
women and men
I could go on an on
how being equal
is going to win
in divorce
and both side
unhappy
but for humans
to procreate
I am sorry there
has to be
a bad gorrillia
a man
Are we honest when we write?
The reactions I’ve received to some of my recent op-eds have led me to
reconsider the relationship between scholarship and politics, and to
question the role of social capital in shaping scholarly opinion. Over the
last several months, I have published some pieces that have strayed from
what had been my consistent “liberal Zionist” position. […]
Montreal Smoked Meat its not all the same
Speaking of falling down little fuck faces there in Rona Ambrose, and we
have DDD, for sure he is a good guy not comparing him to a total whack job
at the trough of pigs. We all know given all the mistakes little DDD could
be replaced on the third line with a Swatz sandwich and we would all go
there just for the taste of victory that comes with mustard. This is a team
of mystery and we have eMTY at the throne free of the constriaints of PFK
at the building of Louisberg. Do not panic, that is the thing that
seperates the non players from the SWAT men. I panic everytime so I know
it... more »
RAF Tornados Monitor Russian Naval Fleet In English Channel
The Royal Navy and the RAF are keeping a close eye on Russia’s flagship
aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetzov and seven other ships that are heading
for the Mediterranean via the English Channel. The UK believes that the
armed fleet will be involved in offensive operations in Syria. In a “show
of presence” two RAF combat jets flew over the convoy as it passed though
the English Channel, according to The Sunday Times. RT.com reports: The
planes were supposed to take pictures of Russia’s only carrier and the
seven ships accompanying it. “They will be taking high definition
photographs ... more »
Porn Star Accuses Donald Trump Of Kissing Without Consent
Adult film actress Jessica Drake is the latest woman to come forward and
accuse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.
On Saturday, porn star and director Jessica Drake told the media that in
2006 Trump grabbed her and two other women and kissed them without their
permission in his hotel room in front of a bodyguard. She says in her
profession consent is a key requirement and blasts Donald Trump’s
“uncontrollable entitlement” character. Rare reports: Drake, who was
represented by famed attorney Gloria Allred, says that Trump came on to
her in 2006 afte... more »
Do you agree?
Here's something from John Redwood MP which chimes with some of our recent
posts:
*The BBC try to make so many current affairs programmes a re run of the
referendum debate*
The BBC seem caught in a time warp. So often their idea of news is based on
reheating old Remain stories and lines from the referendum debate. We have
had to go back through the debate about early recession, late recession,
property crash, loss of tax revenue and the rest that were exhaustively
discussed during the referendum period itself. They still seem unable to
grasp that there is no such thing as the Sin... more »
Bob Dylan and the Nobel legacy
Nobel was looking for atonement
when he created his gift
this measurement
for humanity and
advacement
its been pretty good
but not perfect
I believe both
Yasser Arafat
and Barrack Obama
won one for peace
and that's a travesty
The Swedes are complaisant
in the persecution of
Julian Assuage
for maybe
Mr Dylan is going
to say to the world
you cant pull me
down into the hole
your in
I will not legitimise
the censorship
the hypocrosy
that comes
with kissing
your ring
I am beyond that
motherfuckers
I am
BOB DYLAN
not saint
sure a sinner
but overall
one of the best
ever coveredall
living t... more »
Throw your hands in the air the goverment has gone Commando, no underwear
We surrender the future
to the past
because the economic warlords
need one more nickel
when they already
own everything
and who will
say enough?
The idea that the utes of
today have no chance
at stability
is destabilising
in the worst way
it ISIS
breeding ground
tell me I have no
future
and I will
die for it
today
So throw up your
hands
do not try and interfere
the invisible hand
wants to choke off
the future
that is clear
but our
response
is not even
muddy
Make temporary employement illegal for those over 18
Open Thread
Now things *will* be a bit quieter here for a while, so here's another Open
Thread for any thoughts you might have on BBC-bias-related matters.
You wait months for an Open Thread and then two come along at once.
Timeout for civilization
Its a timeout for civilization
because the most
important nation
is going to vote
and its looking
like a tie
between blowhard
and slick
second story
women
and the natives
are restless
but cant get
momentum going
to save a dime
So we wait while
mosul burns
and ISIS moves
to Syria
with the US
airforce
providing cover
because its all
about Assads
deaths
and the Russians
say so
between hacks
and wikileaks
with truth and lies
and the torrent of
realitiy that is no longer
real yet you can walk
on its streets everyday
now that the main
street has gone away
replaCEO By
Amazon and third
world Wal... more »
what i'm reading: born to run by bruce springsteen
This is a run-don't-walk review. Fans of Bruce Springsteen: *run* to find a
copy of The Boss' memoirs, *Born to Run*. This book was seven years in the
making, and (like Chrissie Hynde's and Patti Smith's memoirs) written by
the artist himself. It is by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, poignant
and gripping, and always profoundly insightful and a joy to read.
Springsteen is an intellectual -- a man of great intelligence who, for
better and worse, lives in his own head, analyzing and at times
over-analyzing the world around him and his own reactions to it. Because of
this, he bri... more »
Revenge of the Hackers
This semester I am teaching a graduate class on Social Media and Politics.
In this class we have learned about the power of individuals and/or small
groups to deploy influence through their control over the Internet using
persuasive memes and through active hacks.
Mainstream political authorities would be well advised to keep this
influence in mind as they go after Julian Assange:
AP Internet attackers now have secret weapon in household devices. Japan
Times, October 23, 2016,
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/23/business/tech/internet-attackers-now-secret-weapon-household-... more »
Recommended viewing
The was a lovely, funny and, at times, rather moving documentary on BBC Two
last night called The School That Got Teens Reading:
It's well worth watching. (And I'm not just saying that because it's my old
school).
Is The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Taking Over? Only If You Let Them
*Patrick Murphy... with Little Chucky Schmucky*
The Democratic Establishment is panicking progressives into voting for
unspeakably corrupt conservative candidates, warning them that Trump is
under the bed and that if they don't vote for Democrats up and down the
ticket, he will kill and eat everyone-- and not necessarily in that order.
In recent days, we've been warning you about how the DCCC has orchestrated
a return of the Blue Dogs. Blue Dogs and New Dems-- the Republican wing of
the Democratic Party-- are getting millions of dollars in support for their
campaigns from the DCCC a... more »
Boxes of Blue Book Material on Craig's List
Ben Moss and Tony Angiola are probably annoyed with me for sticking my nose
into this Socorro investigation. As I have explained, they made some very
interesting comments during my radio show and I believed those comments
deserved some follow up. That has been the point of several of the postings
here. It truly is a descent into the minutia of the case but it has been
sort of fun for me, though maybe not so much fun for Ben or Tony.
There was some discussion about the symbol that Zamora saw on the object.
Ben and Tony thought that the proper version was the inverted “V” with the
th... more »
Risking Japan's Future
In the last 5 years there has been a tremendous amount of significant
earthquake activity in Japan. The great Honshu quake of 2011 was followed
last year by unprecedented earthquake activity in Kyushu, where Japan's
only operating reactors are located. Over 1,000 earthquakes shook Kyushu
last spring.
Most recently, earthquakes rocked Tottori Prefecture, forcing large scale
evacuations:
October 22, 2016. Tottori quake forces 2,800 to evacuate, causes 145
aftershocks. The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201610220033.html
TOTTORI--More than 2,800 residents who eva... more »
Economic News , Data & Views ....... October 23 , 2016..... Quick Hits For Sunday - 1) Greece In Focus : 2nd Review ( For Third Bailout ) Begins , First Rounds Of Meeting Between Greece & Creditors Set To Be Concluded Next Week ; Debt Relief Sought By Greece - Forget This Until After German Elections & End Of Current Bailout Program ; Privatization Updates ; Refugee Updates. 2) Italy In Focus : Italy Fights EU Over Its Budget ; Battle To Save Its Banks In Focus ; Question Of Faith Rising In Italy Regarding Islam ; Italy Polling - Referendum & Preference Of Voters Regarding Political Parties. 3) France In Focus : Jungle Camp Closure ; French Police Strike Hits Fifth Day. 4) Germany In Focus : Political Scene & Polling Updates ; Brexit Items ; Local News Of Note. 5) UK - British Politics , Brexit In Focus. 6) Spain Political Update - PSOE Votes To Abstain , There Will Not Be A Third Election. 7) Odds & Ends.
Around The Horn - Europe.....
*fred walton* @fredwalton216 1m
1 minute ago
fred walton Retweeted Pieter Cleppe
Tend to side with opinion of unnamed EU Officials. Not impossible to get
down , just won't be as swift as Tusk demands.
fred walton added,
*Pieter Cleppe* @pietercleppe
#CETA: EU Commission sent a doc to Wallonia's govt this morning, but some
EU officials sceptical: "may take weeks" http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-se
ts-belgium-an-ultimatum-on-ceta-1477238529 …
Greece......
*Greek Reporter* @GreekReporter 37m
37 minutes ago
Tsipras Pushes for Greece to b... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
I was interviewed by Paul Iddon for “Pehsmerga confident of success in
Mosul battle despite shortages” and "The scale of Mosul operation presents
challenges unlike previous battles with ISIS" both of which were published
by Rudaw, and by Malik Ayub Sumbal for "Mosul is the main ISIS cadre" for
Eurasia Diary.
Mosul Campaign Day Six, Oct 22, 2016
The Iraqi joint forces were much more active during the sixth day of the
Mosul operation. Several more towns were freed, some of which were declared
liberated before however. Iraq’s prime minister rejected Turkey’s
participation in the campaign once again. On the insurgents’ side the
Islamic State was accused of mass executions and forced displacement, and
may be destroying parts of Mosul in anticipation of losing it.
More information was released by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) on its
work on October 21. Eight towns were reported freed that day to the south
and east of Mosul.... more »
America's Ironic "Two-Faced" War on Terror
*October 23, 2016* (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Rarely ever does hypocrisy align
so succinctly as it does within the pages of American policy and media
coverage. US policy think tank, the Brookings Institution, recently
provided an extreme example of this in a paper titled, "A convenient
terrorism threat," penned by Daniel Byman.
The paper starts by claiming:
*Not all countries that suffer from terrorism are innocent victims doing
their best to fight back. Many governments, including several important
U.S. allies, simultaneously fight and encourage the terrorist groups on
their soil. P... more »
BREAKING NEWS! Standing Rock Water Protectors Defend Sacred Water Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier speaking to water protectors
today. Frazier said he is asking lawyers to file for eminent domain of the
land here. Frazier also said Cheyenne River Lakotas will be arriving on
Monday. Our numbers are needed now, he said. . Standing Rock water
protectors barricade Hwy 1806. Police arriving. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016
mid-day
The Trump of Doom
If the polls are correct, Hillary Clinton has this election in the bag. And
so, as the quadrennial travesty draws to a close, the media are now
entering their own final phase of hand-wringing and pearl-clutching.
They've converged into an elitist mob intent upon stomping Trump's
political corpse into an unrecognizable blob so that they can all move on
and forget they ever had a hand in creating the monster in the first place.
To cover their sensitive asses, they're supplementing their contrived agony
with pretending to search what passes for their souls. Their insular
dilemma is thi... more »
Theresa May and Thatcherism
There is a touch of confusion about Theresa May's political posturing. The
apparent lurch "to the left" signified by her abandonment of Osbornomics
(and, of course, Osborne himself) for soft Keynesianism sits uneasily with
a commitment to hard Brexit. The homage paid to official anti-racism is at
odds with her immigrant bashing. And her fabled competence, her "no Flash,
just Gordon" schtick looks ridiculous when she puts off key decisions,
slaps down cabinet divisions, and every time one recalls the three fools
she's placed in charge of Brexit. Is May riddled with contradictions? Ye... more »
‘Black Lives Matter has a plantation mentality’ --Elaine Brown
There was a time, just a few decades ago, when "organizing" meant actual
self-generated community self-defence and reparation programs, headed by an
independent political party, and the language was not in any way polluted
by "critical race theory" mush. I say do it or don't do it but stop asking
the occupying government to do it, and stop "organizing" the asking of the
master to be more
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Scam Exposed
By
Paul Homewood
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3863462/Exposed-university-helped-secure-9million-money-passing-rivals-research-bankroll-climate-change-agenda.html#ixzz4NtxXsjTi
David Rose exposes some decidedly dodgy behaviour at the Centre for
Climate Change Economics and Policy: One of the world’s leading
institutes for researching the impact of global warming has repeatedly
claimed credit for work done by rivals – and used it to win millions
from
the […]
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 23rd, 2016
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Sunday once again... And as everyone usually expects, it is indeed time for
my weekly rant...
I had a most interesting week with being on the tail end of what the heck
hit me over the last few weeks and left me at times sick as a dog..... Yes,
in spite of my constant taking proper care of myself and taking the proper
foods (trying to avoid the heavy chemicalized ones and GMO of course) and
supplements, I did get that seasonal reoccurrence of Sinus infections along
with one heck of a cold.... But now apparently the worse is past and I am
actually feeling like ... more »
Mark Mardell's echo chamber
Bad populism v good populism
Mark Mardell returned to the theme of populism on today's *The World This
Weekend*.
He interviewed two American writers on the subject, John B. Judis and Laura
Grattan.
Unfortunately, their presence gave Radio 4 listeners no thrilling clash of
ideas as they both hold almost identical views on the subject (and, reading
their writing on the subject, they use almost identical language about it
too).
In a nutshell, they both admire 'radical, egalitarian left-wing populism'
whilst deploring 'dark, demagogic right-wing populism'.
Thus, Laura Grattan cou... more »
Taking Over Riding Associations For Life
Remember Liberals for Life?
Liberals for Life was a pro-life advocacy group that worked within the
Liberal Party of Canada during the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of its
members were also affiliated with the Campaign Life Coalition, and, as
such, the group was often accused of entryism.
According to its members, Liberals for Life was created after the national
victory of Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party in the 1984
federal election. The organization attracted little attention until the
early 1990s, when it endorsed Tom Wappel in his bid for the party
leadership, an... more »
Untitled
*From Jenna Orkin *WikiLeaks Tweets "Heavily Armed Police" Outside
Ecuadorian Embassy; Says Assange Is Still Alive
Wikileaks highlights
Russian Naval Fleet Filmed Off British Coast, Followed "Every Inch Of The
Way"
European Mars Lander Crashed On Impact
Police Drones Zapping Suspects with Stun Guns: ‘The Public Is Going to
Initially be Alarmed by This’
U.S. Warship Challenges China’s Claims in South China Sea
NSA Contractor’s Alleged Theft ‘Breathtaking’ in Scope
Oregon: Hallucinations Spread by Touch
Microsoft Speech Recognition Achieves ‘Human Parity’
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban o... more »
Gavin MacFadyen adviser to the Bureau dies
Gavin MacFadyen, a strong supporter of investigative journalism. Gavin
MacFadyen, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism and adviser
to the Bureau, has died after a short illness. An investigative journalist
for many decades, Gavin who died on Saturday October … Continued
The post Gavin MacFadyen adviser to the Bureau dies appeared first on The
Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Tony James Was A Great Guitarist In Generation X, But The Tony James In This Post Is A Bankster-For-Hillary
I was determined to start Sunday off with something uplifting. I mean it's
*Sunday*. But it's a season infected by Trump. The best I could do was
humor (above) and a couple of sardonic bits and pieces... like Trump's
campaign CEO, Steve Bannon escalating the al-right's war against Paul Ryan.
The goal is to deprive Ryan of the Speaker's gavel next year and to destroy
his career. Breitbart isn't just asserting that Ryan is trying to help
elect Hillary but that he "leads the pro-Islamic migration wing of the
Republican party" and that he's sabotaging Trump.
Fox Business host Lou Dob... more »
Untitled
*Charters used to enjoy bipartisan support. Not anymore*
Massachusetts’ 23-year-old charter school experiment has long enjoyed
bipartisan support. Just a few months ago, polls showed Democrats and
Republicans alike supported an upcoming ballot measure that would allow for
more of the schools.
But recent surveys show Democrats turning against the question — breaking
the broad consensus on charters and threatening to stall one of the
country’s most ambitious efforts to reshape public education.
A new WBUR poll out Wednesday morning has the ballot measure failing by 11
points overal... more »
Untitled
*Memo to Florida Voters: Your AC Bill Just Went Up*
*I have just been talking to a refrigeration expert who for his own reasons
supports the ban on HFCs as refrigerants. I put it to him that all the
possible replacement gases have problems with toxicity, flammability etc.
We agreed that flammability is going to be the most likely problem to
arise but he said that the probability of the gases igniting is very low.
He made the point that we often do things that have a much higher
likelihood of harming us -- driving a car, for instance.While that is an
intelligible argument, it... more »
Show me the swath of destruction: a further note on occupancy rates
*Tourists breakfasting on Lanyu*
Not going for humor in this one, sorry, because I am soul tired of not only
this topic, but also of the rampant and burgeoning idiocy in the foreign
media. In the post below in which the ghosts of Chinese tourist groups
visit me, I compared Jan 2016 to Aug 2016. Probably a few of you thought
that might be unfair, even though we had far more Chinese tourists in
January than we did in August. But in case you did think it was unfair,
here are the Aug 2015 and 2016 numbers for Operations of Tourist hotels, in
scenic areas....
2015 2016
num of rooms oc... more »
Seek Inspiration - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
Seek Inspiration - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
*Seek inspiration and seek the help of yourSelf and no harm will come to
you. Listen not to others, but trust only in your own Inner Voice. The
one that speaks loudly and with such authority, yet few can hear It's
cries.*
*Let not that of darkness dictate to you its lies and let not those of
childish importance rule your everyday living, but be a leader and lead the
way to a better way for all. Be a Light to those of darkness and let no
man keep you from your rightful place on the throne whose ho... more »
Spain: UFO with Humanoid Occupants (1980)
*1980: UFO with Humanoid Occupants in Lugo, Spain*
By López Castro (Lugo)
*Contactos Extraterrestres #7Translation by Scott Corrales (IHU)*
The time would have been around Sunday, 9 March 1980. A town, some men, an
artifact and three strange beings that could have well been
extraterrestrial. A little more than just the garden-variety UFO.
Two residents of Lugo, Carlos P.L - who refused to give further
identification, fearful of what may arise - and Miguel Palacios, visited
the little town of Ronfe in the municipality of Sarria, Province of Lugo,
to spend the weekend with their rela... more »
Cubs vs Indians in World Series! Apocalypse Nigh Links
*Mugumuyu in the fog*
KMT news -- the asset issue and the KMT's declining position is making it
swing hard to right. Unhappy with its current spokesman's "soft" position
on the asset issue, today the KMT appointed rabid mainlander ideologue Alex
Tsai to the position. Tsai, readers may recall, was the campaign manager
for Sean Lien's inedible Taipei mayoral run. This is not the kind of
appointment that will increase Taiwanese participation in the KMT, since it
is just another signal that the Party remains a mainlander bubble world.
Enjoy a few links...
- Interview with Freddy L... more »
It's Over
Andrew Nikiforuk has been writing for sometime that bitumen's heyday is
over. There are four reasons that account for the decline and fall of black
goo:
1*. There is no way to clean up bitumen spills.*
Basic science shows that neither industry nor government has developed an
effective spill response for conventional oil on the high seas. As a
consequence, marine oil spill response remains a public relations sham that
does not remove spilled oil or fully restore damaged marine ecosystems.
Because the low-grade heavy oil must be diluted with a gasoline-like
product to move through ... more »
Another Donald Trump Accuser Steps Forward
The 10th woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct has stepped into
the limelight in front of the media that is covering the upcoming U.S.
presidential elections. It appears that Karena Virginia is the latest woman
to have been randomly molested by Donald Trump, nearly two decades ago. The
yoga instructor said Thursday that U.S. Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump treated her like a sex object during a random encounter. The
Donald is accused of using his hand to casually feel Karena’s bosom, while
repeatedly asking: “Don’t you know who I am?” As if being a billiona... more »
Nick Clegg…Liar per Biased BBC
This Biased BBC article
http://biasedbbc.org/blog/2016/10/23/nick-clegg-liar/ is well worth reading
in its entirety. However it misses one pertinent fact, which is why Nick
Clegg continues to make these claims.
Should not every interviewer ask Nick Clegg a) how much his EU pension will
be and b) if payment of that pension is dependent upon his supporting the
EU?
Dark energy and unsettled science
Anthony Watts wrote a text
‘Settled Science’ syndrome hits Astronomy and the Nobel Prize
which clearly explains a fresh Oxford paper by Sarkar et al.
Marginal evidence for cosmic acceleration from Type Ia supernovae
in Nature's *Scientific Reports*. My understanding is that Watts took the
text from another source and invented the title. He tells us: Look, there's
no consensus about Nobel-prize-winning cosmology. Well, yes, no, it depends.
As the bulk of Watts' text explains, Sarkar et al. looked at a bigger
ensemble of supernovae in order to determine the acceleration rate of the... more »
Only a psychopath may suggest firing Thiel or censoring Trump on FB
According to the latest Rasmussen and IBD/TIPP poll, Donald Trump is 2
percentage points ahead of Hillary Clinton. There are many polls showing
Clinton as the frontrunner, sometimes by as much as 11 percent, but if you
look at all the data, there's no reason to think that numerically, the
looming U.S. presidential election is something else than an old-fashioned
tough battle between two comparably strong partisan candidates, a ritual
that pretty much defines the American republican system.
That's the main reason why I am so stunned by the Gulag-style treatment of
the folks who "da... more »
The UK Agrees To Pardon Dead Gay People, But NOT Living Gay People-- What About Gay Zombies?
Here in America, Republican closet case-- door half ajar-- is back on
Instagram. "After relinquishing his seat, Schock’s once *very* active
social media accounts went completely dark. He stopped posting daily
updates about his life on Twitter or sharing half-naked pictures of himself
on Instagram. He also stopped posing shirtless on Men’s magazine covers,
making public appearances, or granting interviews to media outlets. In
fact, one of the only times Schock has been seen in recent months was back
in April when he was spotted sipping a fruity cocktail by candlelight with
an attra... more »
Hillary is packing them in...
*not really.*
I was reading some comments over at Breitbart and someone included a link
to the live feed of her Philadelphia rally today (10/22) that was in
progress The commenter was poking fun at Hillary having to sit in a chair
the whole time Tim Kaine was speaking. When I arrived at Youtube, it was
obvious her crowd was quite small.
Before continuing, let me say that I've watched many,* many* Trump rallies.
His live feed viewership is usually around 30-40 thousand. This morning
his Gettysburg speech live feed had over *50 thousand* viewers.
So I glanced down at the live fe... more »
Musical Interlude: Ludovico Einaudi, “Divenire”, Live at Royal Albert Hall, London
Ludovico Einaudi, “Divenire”, Live at Royal Albert Hall, London
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIprTEhr9lE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some
200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away
toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of
the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster.
*Click image for larger size.*
This impressively sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at
the ends of the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes
cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive
black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role
in ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Speaking of Water…”
* “Speaking of Water…”*
by Chet Raymo
“How many water molecules- H2O- are there in the world's oceans? This is
the kind of time-wasting calculation I love doing, but I will leave it as
an exercise for one of you.
Look up the mass of a proton in grams. A water molecule has essentially the
mass of 18 protons (hydrogen=1, oxygen=8 protons + 8 neutrons; remember,
this is an order of magnitude calculation). A cubic centimeter of water has
(by definition) a mass of one gram. Divide for the number of water
molecules in a cubic centimeter of water.
How many cubic centimeters in the ocean... more »
"Do You Remember?"
*Do you remember?*
We danced, as the stars flickered to light...
"Do you remember still the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leaped across the hurdles
of our wishes- do you recall?
And we did make so many!
For there were countless numbers of stars:
each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dan... more »
The Poet: Wendell Berry, "The Circles Of Our Lives"
*"The Circles Of Our Lives"*
"Within the circles of our lives
we dance the circles of the years,
the circles of the seasons
within the circles of the years,
the cycles of the moon,
within the circles of the seasons,
the circles of our reasons
within the cycles of the moon.
Again, again we come and go,
changed, changing. Hands
join, unjoin in love and fear,
grief and joy. The circles turn,
each giving into each, into all.
Only music keeps us here,
each by all the others held.
In the hold of hands and eyes
we turn in pairs, that joining
joining each to all again.
And then we turn aside, a... more »
"Surely, You Did Something..."
"It's 3:23 A.M.
And I'm awake because my great great grandchildren won't let me sleep.
They ask me in dreams,
'What did you do while the planet was plundered?
What did you do when the earth was unraveling?
Surely you did something when the seasons started flailing?
As the mammals, reptiles and birds were all dying?
Did you fill the streets with protest?
When democracy was stolen, what did you do once you knew?
Surely, you did something...'"
- Drew Dellinger
The Daily "Near You?"
Valley City, North Dakota, USA. Thanks for stopping by!
Dear Dave Brat: Warning: Being Trump's Boy Is Bad For Your Health-- Guest Post By James Newton
*Dave Brat and the Donald. "I'll tell ya, this guy."*
*"Noooo... this guy." Thick as thieves, those two*
It seems that standing too close to Donald Trump can have an adverse effect
on one's brains. To wit, our man Dave Brat.
Dave Brat was recently interviewed by the Chesterfield (VA) *Observer*
(“Your community newspaper since 1995” ), and a couple things stand out,
and they kind of make me worry about him. Seriously.
First, this quote from the incumbent representative of the VA-07th:
It’s one of the extreme ironies of politics-- if you look at my opponent’s
website, it’s full of ... more »
Portland & Wet for 2nd Day
It rained the entire 16 miles into Portland today but our spirits remained
high with the addition of new walkers.
The Friends School was luckily available to us for a sheltered lunch stop
just half way to Portland and thanks to Sukie Rice and Leslie Manning for
providing us with a lovely meal. We sat at the desks of the 7th grade
class to eat and were asked to leave each of the students a note about each
of us. A nice surprise will be waiting for the students when they return
to school on Monday.
Grace Braley organized a fine program at the State Street UCC Church in
Portland ... more »
Tipiziwin 'Warriors Come Back! They are Chasing our People to the River'
Videos reveal unprovoked police brutality today, water protectors beaten
with police batons, pepper sprayed, large number arrested By Tipiziwin
Tolman Censored News Please watch the video posted by Wiyaka Eagle Man, the
police, the military, armored vehicles, assault rifles, they are chasing
our people, surrounded our people, chasing them into the river. I started
crying, holding my
"The Ruling Elite Has Lost the Consent of the Governed"
*"The Ruling Elite Has Lost the Consent of the Governed," Introduction*
by Michael Covel
"It’s just a few weeks before Election Day. And the Deep State fear machine
is firing on all cylinders…Clinton supporter and reality show player Mark
Cuban has predicted a stock market decline if Trump gets elected. The
Clinton News Network (CNN) also predicts a “dramatic” stock market drop if
Trump wins. Of course, the stock market will soar if Clinton is elected.
CNBC has even featured an “analyst” who went so far as to say a Trump White
House equals a precise 50% collapse in the S&P 500.
So ... more »
Police beat water protectors with batons, pepper spray them during prayer
. 22 Oct 2016. Miqamwes M'teoulin being treated after police OC sprayed him
twice in the face without provocation. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography . 22
Oct 2016. Warrior Women being trailed by Riot Police near DAPL construction
and desocrated sacred sites. Photo by Rob Wilson Photography . . 22 Oct
2016. Elder Water Protector being flanked by Riot Police near the front of
DAPL
Understatement of the week?
From the BBC News website report...
...comes the following:
'Several' eh?
'Children' eh?
Darkness
The BBC News website's main US commentator, Anthony Zurcher, has added his
'impartial' tuppence worth to the latest piece of BBC online trumpery:
With just over two weeks left before election day, however, it is probably
much too late for Mr Trump to make "faith and optimism" the focus of a
campaign that has often been typified by darkness and anger.
WikiLeaks Say Julian Assange Is Still Alive
Wikileaks announced on twitter that a force of “heavily armed police” had
appeared outside of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where founder Julian
Assange has been holed up since 2012. PHOTO: Heavily armed ‘police’ appear
outside Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Julian Assange has political
asylum (photo, Tuesday morning) pic.twitter.com/EOfsrmi3t2 — WikiLeaks
(@wikileaks) October 21, 2016 The “police” presence appeared earlier in the
week just as Wikileaks confirmed that Ecuador had agreed to cut Julian
Assange’s internet access after a some political pressure from John Kerry. ... more »
On Gary Lineker
The *Daily Mail*'s editorial this morning was guaranteed to get many a
BBC-paid *MOTD *presenter snorting into his crisp bag:
Equally anxious to silence debate, the BBC has pixelated film of the
migrants, while only belatedly acknowledging the dispute about their ages.
The Corporation even rallied to Gary Lineker's defence after he branded as
'hideously racist' anyone who questioned the migrant's claims. Nor has he
been disciplined for peddling the falsehood that one of the 'children' -
who by any yardstick looks to be in his 30s - was an interpreter working
for the Home Office.
... more »
"Trump Wins Wisconsin Early Voting- By A Landslide!" Update/Correction!
*"Trump Wins Wisconsin Early Voting- By A Landslide!"*
by Newsroom
"The early voting totals are in and Donald Trump has WON Wisconsin by a
landslide! According to vote totals published by "Wisconsin Vote" a service
of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio, with 100% of the
votes counted, the results are:
*Click image for larger size.*
A link to the Wisconsin Votes web site is HERE."
- https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/2297
*Correction: "Test Election Returns Accidentally Released on Wisconsin Vote
Earlier:* What appeared to be "live election results" were... more »
Fukushima Update: "Your Radiation This Week: October 8 to October 22, 2016"
*Publishing Note: *Due to Bob Nichol's other commitments the city-specific
radiation reporting will now be published every 2 weeks until further
notice. The next such reports will be on November 5 and 19, 2016. I will
update the weekly Hiroshima bomb equivalents information. This is to keep
you as aware and informed as possible. The radiation's not going anywhere,
folks, but we are... - CP
*"**Your Radiation This Week: **October 8 to October 22, 2016"*
By Bob Nichols
*"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”*
- Shiva
(San Francisco) October 22, 2016 – "Good Day, this is “Y... more »
Yes, Rubio Is A Dangerous Little Worm, But Supporting Patrick Murphy Is Just As Damaging To The Country-- There Is No Lesser Evil In This Race
Obama was in Miami Thursday, lying to low-info Democratic voters in order
to paint Patrick Murphy-- a Republican masquerading as a quasi-Democrat--
as some kind of a progressive. Murphy doesn't have a progressive bone in
his body and when he got to Congress, he immediately joined the New Dems
and ran up one of the worst voting records of any Democrat in the House,
voting with the GOP countless times, even once to remove Obama from the
Keystone XL Pipeline decision-making, once to condemn Obama for the Bowe
Bergdahl prisoner swap and once to set up the witch hunt against Hillary
Cl... more »
Election Fraud USA: ‘Pitchforks And Torches’ Time As Citizens Rise Up
As the mainstream media log-jam the airwaves with talk that Donald Trump
won’t accept the outcome of the election, the real question is – will the
people? Election fraud spits at the heart of America, and resisting tyranny
at all costs is in America’s DNA. Every major news network is trumpeting
the same fanfare, the headlines are splashed, Lewinsky-scandal style across
every national newspaper, and every report marches to the beat of the
establishment’s drum. Hilary Clinton, destined for the Oval Office at last,
a bastion of dishwater-decency, a column of mediocrity, propping up th... more »
Juno Spacecraft Suddenly Enters Safe Mode As It Orbits Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered safe mode Tuesday just hours before a close
approach to the giant planet. The space agency revealed that its Jupiter
orbiter temporarily entered into ‘safe mode’ after losing access to the
main onboard computer and scientific instruments. Scientists say that
problems with the robotic spacecraft will not affect their planned studies
of Jupiter, it will just slow things down. NASA operated spacecraft seem to
to be experiencing bad luck recently. Earlier in the week the Schiaparelli
probe was mysteriously lost on Mars. Ancient Code reports: “At the time ... more »
Force feeding (3)
And, if the BBC is still persisting with the line about judging a programme
over time, let's now go back another day (to Thursday's *Today*) - though
this edition has little on Brexit.
At 6.22 Dominic O'Connell interviews Mike Amey from PimCo. *[I'm not sure
of his views on Brexit, either before or after hearing him].* Dominic asks:
We've had more conflicting evidence about the health of the economy post
the Brexit vote yesterday with Travis Perkins and Foxtons - two companies
heavily exposed to the real estate and property markets - reporting quite
bad results. Other signs the ho... more »
Force feeding (2)
Of course (re the previous post), the BBC will say, 'That's just one
edition of *Tod*ay*. *Yes, it may appear biased but such things have to be
judged over time'.
So let's go back a day to the Friday 21/10 editon of *Today*.
The first feature to touch on Brexit came at 6.53:
*Downing Street has said it is "categorically not" reviewing whether
students should be included in net migration figures. Ben Howlett is
Conservative MP for Bath.*
Mr Howlett was/is a strongly Remain-supporting Conservative MP. He wants
more foreign students and doesn't think the figures are too high. That ... more »
Force feeding (1)
That sense that Radio 4's *Today *is pushing the anti-Brexit agenda
particularly hard is difficult to avoid if you actually listen to it for
any length of time.
Take today's edition.
It began (at 7 am) with Sarah Montague saying:
We'll hear from a Polish Saturday school where pupils have been sharing
their fears about xenophobic attacks.
followed by the voice of a child at the school saying:
It's a huge shock that people do not remember the past, that we Polish
people actually helped England in the past fighting against Germany. And
people still target us. They just don't rem... more »
Question for the Day: “To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation–is that good for the world?"
Question for the Day is from the late Christopher Hitchens: “To terrify
children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation–is
that good for the world?"
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Bob Dylan Nobel silence...."Things Have Changed"
*Bob Dylan: "Things Have Changed"*
The Lyin Voice of the Illuminati, the BBC is reporting that so far at
least, Bob Dylan has snubbed the Nobel Prize Committee which recently
awarded him the Nobel Prize for literature. Here is what they're saying re
Bob's refusal to acknowledge the award:
Bob Dylan's failure to acknowledge his Nobel Prize in literature is
"impolite and arrogant", according to a member of the body that awards it.
The 75-year-old singer was named the shock winner of the prize last week.
But all efforts by the Swedish Academy to contact him have failed, and he
has... more »
Dozens Dead As US-Led Coalition Strikes Civilians In Iraq
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is
responsible for striking a funeral procession in the Iraqi city of Daquq on
Friday. Dozens of civilians, including women and children were killed after
coalition jets apparently identified the mourners as ISIS terrorists,
General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian MoD spokesman said. The attack took
place where there are no ISIS fighters he added, saying the incident bears
all the marks of a war crime. RT reports: “Judging by the eyewitness
accounts, the mourning procession was mistaken for terrorists by the
coalition a... more »
Wham! Bam!
Oh boy, we've really got to work harder to raise awareness of what fake
clinics are and do.
In August this year, a group of generous community-minded guys in Yarmouth,
NS, got together to bestow money on a local charity.
Sadly, the winner of the windfall $11,600 was a fake clinic, called Tri-County
Pregnancy Care Centre.
Here's how it works:
The 100 Guys Who Share – Yarmouth County, is one of more than 350 similar
groups located worldwide that focus on coordinating funding for local,
community charitable organizations. The group gathers for one-hour
quarterly meetings to hear thr... more »
Farming Today ramps up the bias
This morning's *Farming Today* *This Week *might well turn up in Radio 4's *Brexit
Collection *too.
The three politicians interviewed throughout the programme - Molly Scott
Cato (Green), Julie Girling (Conservative) and Huw Irranca Davies (Labour)
- *all* supported Remain in the EU referendum...
...and you could tell!...
...given the underlying mood of gloom they gave off...
...(though, oddly, the Green MEP sounded quite enthusiastic about what
could be done for the environmentalist cause post-Brexit).
That fact alone should be enough to prove just how biased this programme
was... more »
Oct. 22: The Gutter that is the irving press Deepens.
Today, for the third day in a row, the front page headline story is another
sensationalist one - and again on the same murder trial. "Deceased victim
was stabbed more than 100 times, jury told." Just the information we need
to vote intelligently, to plan for the future, to understand the world
around us. And this mindless, useless drivel is characteristic of the whole
of the paper.
They have also added yet another think tank without telling us what it is.
This is called Cardus Family. And it's a religious, fundamentalist
propaganda house. Its general view is that religious fundam... more »
The Brexit Collection (another update)
Regular readers will know all about Exhibit A when it comes to proving
post-referendum BBC anti-Brexit bias: Radio 4's *The Brexit Collection. *
(We here at *ITBB *set the ball rolling about it and *News-watch *then turned
the ball into a Brimstone missile. Now MPs and peers are using it to make
the BBC answer our concerted charges of anti-Brexit bias).
The collection has now been updated and, frankly, it's only made it appear
even worse for the BBC.
They've added Fi Glover's self-admittedly Remain-biased *The Listening
Project *for starters, which is bad enough.
But, even worse... more »
Dimblespeak
Someone who shares my dress sense
On this week's *Any Questions *Jonathan Dimbleby appeared to be channelling
the spirit of Mark Mardell, whilst simultaneously 'echoing' the list of BBC
targets some of you were posting about on an earlier thread.
The question from the audience was:
When Pontius Pilate was faced with the problem of Jesus he called an
instant referendum. How far is populism a help or a danger to democracy?
Jonathan duly 'translated' that into Dimblespeak for the listening audience:
Populism is on the rise, discernibly on the rise in most people's
judgement, not only... more »
Same old same old
Today's *Dateline *was a hoot. (Owls everywhere went crazy in response.)
If you were wanting to write a sophisticated parody of BBC left-liberal
groupthink you'd struggle to hit the spot better than the real thing.
The panel ranged (politically-speaking) from left-of-centre to the
centre-left. (The day when they can just wheel in five identical robots is
surely coming.)
Thus: Brexit was well-and-truly bashed, Islamic State was pronounced to be
supported by no true Muslims, and Donald Trump was denounced as "very, very
evil".
And BBC presenter Gavin just went along with it all.
... more »
Duly credited
Credit where credit's due to BBC business reporter/presenter Andy Verity
for this (which I transcribed from Wednesday's BBC One *News at One *(no
longer on the iPlayer), following the release of the latest
employment/unemployment figures:
You might think this rise in unemployment is significant, especially as
it's the first time the figures have covered a period which is mostly after
the referendum. But it's a rise of 10,000. That's not huge. It's within the
margin of error. It could be wrong.
And it's nothing like the official predictions of a rise in unemployment
that were made... more »
Back (for a day)
This is embarrassing. I was a little premature in posting that 'Out Of
Office' post, as you will see....
Incidentally (and on a related theme), it appears that Mark Twain's famous
quote “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” is a misquote.
Apparently, he wrote the slightly less quotable (but still rather good)
“The report of my death was an exaggeration”.
Alas poor Mark. I knew him well Horatio.
The Open Thread will duly rise back to the top of the blog later!
Mosul Campaign Day Five, Oct 21, 2016
The fifth day of the Mosul offensive was a slow one.
A few more towns were freed. The Federal Police and Army pushing towards
Mosul from the south and east claimed to have freed seven villages during
the day. In one of those towns the Islamic State launched four car bombs,
but they were destroyed. Overall, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) said they
had gone through 53 towns so far since the start of the operation on
October 17.
Inside Mosul it was reported that the militants destroyed several churches
on October 20. The day before it blew up several government buildings and
some... more »
Is Bridget Kelly telling the truth?
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016Maddow's latest play:* What did Bridget Kelly
say yesterday during the "Bridgegate" trial?
If you watched last evening's Maddow Show, you pretty much didn't find out.
For the report in the New York Times, you can just click here.
Maddow devoted eight minutes to the topic last night. This morning, the
Washington Post gives the topic eight *paragraphs,* drawn from an AP report.
That said, you learn some essential facts in the Post's first three
paragraphs. We refer to some basic facts which weren't spelled out last
night:
WASHINGTON POST (10/22/16): New J... more »
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